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The results are in: Check out all the winners and finalists in the Morning Sentinel Readers Choice 2023
Watch for our special results section in the Sentinel on April 27.
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Jan. 17, 1953: Gov. and Mrs. Burton M. Cross become 11th First Family of Maine, Monmouth Center passenger station might be closing, and Manchester gets new ‘heavy duty’ snow plow
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Jan. 16, 1976: Study finds ‘pot’ impairs breathing, DEP OK’s oil tankers to be stored in Maine waters, and Vatican eases stand on ‘incurable’ homosexuals
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Jan. 15, 1991: Depot Warehouse wholesale chain eyes Augusta site, new no smoking policy at Togus angers patients, and Augusta school board agrees policy is needed for home-school athletes
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Jan. 14, 1980: High winds ‘peel’ Don’s IGA roof in Farmington, CMP asking for $35 million rate jump, and a Winslow billboard is literally ‘Gone with the Wind’
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Posted inSports
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Week 5
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports writers nominate high school athletes from the prior week’s games.
Readers vote for their top choice and the winner will be announced in the newspapers the following Saturday all season long!
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Jan. 13, 1940: Woman leaps from flaming house in Augusta and saves baby, Chizzle Wizzle cast named, and Wirthmore poultrymen predict good year at meeting
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Gov. Mills includes additional $17 million for public defenders and contracted lawyers in budget proposal
An additional 10 public defenders and tiered hourly wages for contracted counsel included in state budget plan.
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Numbers lag among Maine nursing home staff for receiving the latest COVID booster
The state is one of the most vaccinated in the country, but nursing home residents are far more updated for the latest shot than those who care for them.